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Telephone reception is still poor (apparently there was a Telstra tower in town but it was removed, reason uncertain, but at supposedly at the request of the community) ... the Telstra signal from distance is poor, and only connectable while outside, the Optus signal is stronger but will still drop out while insidethe main buidling. Yarrabah is the only place I've been to where Optus provides a better signal then Telstra.
Telephone in the accommodation unit is blocked from making calls more than local calls (remote NT placements permitted calls home from accommodation, although some have a Telstra 3G tower in town so not needed for those with a Telstra mobile, Eidsvold and Doomadgee even provided a loan mobile phone).
Internet connection limited by QHS filters, despite statement that the accommodation units are wired for internet connection, there is no facility in the units for accessing the internet.
I complained 12 months ago .. Yarrabah despite its geographic proximity to Cairns, feels one of the more isolated places to work in if one must live there as well.
Last week I have requested permission, at my own expense, to install a second telephone line to the main doctor's unit and pay for an ADSL subscription with wireless modem. I expect with the multiple levels of management (no one locally is permitted to make this sort of decision) that it will be a while (if ever) before a response to my request.
Meantime I look forward to my fortnightly weekend off where I can stay in Cairns overnight.
I guess its just a heads-up to others looking at coming here ... this feels more isolated than it should be.
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